Fossils of alvarezsaurid dinosaurs show bird-like air sacs in their bones. Scans revealed hollow spaces connected to their ...

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica has provided evidence of the oldest known modern bird—a species closely related to today’s waterfowl, about the size of a mallard duck, according to a ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ostriches that walk upright on two hind legs, or predators like eagles and hawks ...

Rex, studied by scientists and having survived nearly 68 million years, have provided new insights into this animal. This offers scientists an unprecedented chance to analyze the tissues of extinct ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Oldest-ever modern bird fossil found in Europe has been nicknamed the “Wonderchicken ...

In the hellscape left by the asteroid, what gave the ancestors of modern birds an edge over their Cretaceous cousins? It’s a tough nut to crack, given how rare birds are in the fossil record.

Millions of years before modern birds evolved, their dinosaur ancestors were soaring through the air. Scientists are piecing together how these iconic reptiles took to the skies. Fossils reveal that ...

How Big Brains and Flexible Skulls Led to the Evolution of Modern Birds Mar. 17, 2025 — New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use ...

Birds that fill the world’s skies today are living dinosaurs, reminders of a distant and strange past. Decades of major new discoveries and studies have convinced researchers that there’s a direct ...

Animation of a bird skull, showing muscle forces. Credit: Alec Wilken, Casey Holiday As paleontologists discover more details about dinosaurs, the dividing line between them and modern birds ...